The Buzz

Roger Zaczyk, president of Local 506 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers at GE Transportation, has lost his bid for re-election.

Zaczyk, whose union represents more than 3,000 unionized employees at the company's Lawrence Park plant, will remain in office until April 18.

Zaczyk, who has been with GE Transportation for 40 years, is being replaced by Scott Duke, a union steward who has been with the company for nearly 10 years.

Duke has served as a union steward and worked in the company's propulsion division. Like Zaczyk, Duke will work full time in the union position.

"I will be honest," Zaczyk said. "There were things I wanted to get done. But I've been voted out, and that's the way it is."

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B.C. Fabricators, located in Lake City, is marking its 25th anniversary.

What began in 1988 as two employees in a 1,500-square-foot facility has grown to 20 employees housed in a 25,000-square-foot building. B.C. Fabricators also has a sister company, B.C. Machining in Conneaut.

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U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-3rd Dist., Butler, was honored Wednesday with the National Association of Manufacturers Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence.

The NAM award is presented to members of Congress who had a voting record that agreed with NAM positions at least 70 percent of the time.

The award was presented in Butler County by Danny Roderick, chief executive of the Westinghouse Electric Co.

The group said Kelly was honored for supporting policies critical to manufacturing.